The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is seeking a deputy director (Career Executive Assignment) for Enterprise Planning and Solutions who will serve as a high-level policy adviser and expert on the department’s enterprise application portfolio.
Responsibilities include portfolio and operations oversight for the Strategic Offender Management System and the Business Information System, as well as the “development, implementation and support of applications supported within Enterprise Planning and Solutions,” the job posting says. “The incumbent has broad authority for developing, recommending and implementing IT practices and policies that have significant impact on CDCR programs.”
Desirable qualifications include:
- Experience managing a comprehensive IT program focused on strategic planning application portfolio management, application development, software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, business intelligence, business continuity, disaster recovery, cloud computing, project management, policy development, goal setting, and ongoing maintenance and operation.
- Experience in formulating and implementing policy related to statewide IT business processes and programs without interrupting current operations and services; and the ability to perform major policy-influencing functions effectively and contribute to the design and implementation of extensive IT systems that are linked to state, county, and local systems.
- Knowledge and experience in executive-level change management and business process automation, including organizational and cultural change management and internal and external stakeholder management.
- Knowledge and experience in establishing business partnerships; ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with departmental executive staff, legislators, control agencies, and stakeholders; and an ability to negotiate changes in scope, timeframes, budget and resources with executive steering committees, control agencies, project sponsors and business partners.
- Experience overseeing a multimillion-dollar program budget and managing a large multidisciplinary staff, including the Budget Management Branch and/or the Department of Finance.
More details can be found in the duty statement. The position has a monthly salary range of $12,699 to $14,418, and the application deadline is July 16.
The California State Lottery is seeking a gaming vendor management supervisor (IT Supervisor II) to provide direction, guidance, decision-making, mentoring and support for the Gaming Vendor Management Unit.
Duties of the role, according to the job posting, include:
- Contribute and participate in establishing structure, functional roles and responsibilities for gaming vendor management and oversight.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders including IT and business resources to develop best practices for Gaming Vendor Management, gaming services, and technical oversight.
- Serve as the point of contact for incident management and customer support between external vendor, Lottery management and stakeholders consuming gaming services and solutions.
- Manage relationships between gaming system vendors and Lottery’s business areas.
Desirable qualifications, according to the posting and duty statement, include:
- Excellent knowledge of time management techniques to provide for efficient prioritization and completion of competing work assignments for self and subordinate staff.
- Knowledge of supervisory and management principles, practices, and techniques to oversee the work activities of subordinate staff to ensure operation functions effectively.
- Proficient understanding of project management principles, practices and frameworks to drive complex initiatives, efforts, and projects to successful outcomes.
- Possess strong skills in leading and directing service management and customer support of the application.
- Experience in leading and directing contract management, vendor management and project oversight activities.
The monthly salary range is $8,016 to $10,741, and the application deadline is July 12.
The Employment Development Department (EDD) is seeking a senior risk assessment analyst (IT Specialist II) to perform targeted risk assessments and produce quality professional work products that follow security best practices.
The analyst, according to the job posting, “works with system owners to plan, schedule and perform information technology penetration tests; develops, updates and maintains system security plans; and processes security risk assessments and prepares certification and accreditation packages.” In addition, the analyst:
- Assesses, advises and consults on all things risk management, adequacy of security controls and describes how the controls are employed within the information system and technical environments.
- Researches and documents cybersecurity defense techniques, guidance, hazards and threats in order to proactively prepare for and prevent risk events.
- Works with system owners to develop and maintain system security plans. Prepares system certifications or recertifications and accreditation documentation.
- Provides consultation and expertise in multiple IT domains to ensure compliance with enterprise IT security policies, control agency mandates, and cybersecurity best practices.
More details about the position can be found in the duty statement. The monthly salary range is $8,130 to $10,893, and the application deadline is July 9.
